Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unmg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!unm-la!unmvax!unmc!unmg!tvillan From: tvillan@unmg.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.micro.atari Subject: ST enthusiasts Message-ID: <342@unmg.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 08:29:52 EST Article-I.D.: unmg.342 Posted: Fri Dec 13 08:29:52 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Dec-85 02:45:40 EST Distribution: net Organization: University Of New Mexico Computing Center, Albuquerque, NM Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.micro.amiga:1154 net.micro.atari:1992 Ok all you 520st enthusiasts, its time to stop dreaming. The atari st is an incredible low end home computer. But it is NOT an Amiga. Sure, with some very difficult assembly language code (counting cycles! egad!) - you can copy the bouncing ball, but if anyone seriously thinks a ST can match up to the Amiga, they are crazy. I don't own either machine, and probably never will, however I have researched both. Both have merits of their own, but they are two completely different machines. The Amiga is a better computer, flat out, and it also costs twice as much. Which is better for the money? I don't know, but I am tired of hearing atari salesmen, and atari owners, blabbing that the ST is "the same thing as an Amiga". That quote came directly from an atari salesman. I am not about to list features, but if this letter makes you red, grab the specs for both machines and see for yourself. No comparison.